A young man stepped off a boat, holding a paper in his hand; the same paper that would lead him to his destiny. He heard of his old friend who worked in this town and decided to stop by.

He walked into a little pizza shop, called Jungle Karma Pizza. He dropped the bag that was slung over his shoulder and quickly pulled his coat off. He did up the buttons on his shirt and adjusted his collar before walking over to a blonde standing behind the counter.

"Inspector Fuller, health department," he said, flashing his passport quickly. "We've had some complaints."

He walked into the kitchen and Kaylee followed him.

"Guys, inspector Fuller from the Health department is here," she called, running in behind him. The inspector looked around and breathed in deeply.

"This is going to be ugly," he said. He turned to Kaylee, looking down at her. "You better get the owner."

"Um..." Kaylee frowned, remembering what she had seen last time she walked in on RJ.

"C'mon," Lily laughed, running upstairs with Kaylee, leaving Fran, Casey, Theo and Engel to deal with the inspector.

"What's a health inspector?" Engel whispered to Fran.

"It's a bad thing," Fran answered as the inspector pointed out all the problems in the kitchen, such as the counters and ovens.

He picked up a tomato, smelling it before placing it on the counter.

"It should be fresh," Casey told him, before he slammed a pizza plate down, causing the tomato to explode on the red Ranger. The man licked the plate and nodded.

"You're right, but let's check this milk," he said, grabbing the milk with the red tag. Engel's eyes widened. It was the sour milk that had gone bad when Theo forgot to close the fridge. The Rangers had yet to throw it away and had placed a red tag on it to keep others from using it. "Sour... and the cheese... smells bad."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" RJ called as he ran down the stairs with Kaylee, Lily and Kelly behind him. "We had an inspection just last..."

The inspector turned to RJ and smirked, causing RJ to smile.

"Dominic?" he asked, before he walked over to the man, pulling him into a hug. "Dom, nice to see you!"

"Dominic?" Kaylee asked, looking at the master.

"This is my old buddy from Pai Zhuq!" RJ smiled. He then started his introductions, "Dom, this is Casey, Fran, Theo, Lily, Kaylee, Master Engel and Kelly."

"Kelly?" Dom smirked, nudging RJ. He and RJ had spoken over the phone many times before the Rangers and he was aware of the crush RJ had on the redhead. Once Dom spotted all the injuries, he turned to his friend, "Getting a little wild?"

Kaylee gagged as her hand went to her mouth, "Don't even joke about that," she frowned.

"Well, c'mon upstairs man," RJ said, leading his friend to the loft as the others glared at him for the prank he had pulled.

"Whoa... wait, dude, did you say Engel?" Dom asked, walking away with his friend.

"It's a long story, man."

-----Jungle-Fury-----

"So, how long can you stay?" RJ asked his friend as everyone gathered in the kitchen, just after saying goodbye to Kira and the twins.

"Only a day or two," Dom smiled, leaning against the handrail. "If I stay too long in one place I get antsy."

"Well, we can talk about it later, right now we have work to do," RJ pointed to the Rangers, who walked back to the JKP kitchen.

"Oh, well I can help out if you want," Dominic smiled. "I love to make pizzas."

"Sure, I can find you a job," Casey smirked.

-----Jungle-Fury-----

A spatula appeared in front of Dom's face as he stood in the dining room, beside a table. Casey stood beside him, holding back a laugh.

"I'll inspect when you're finished," he said. The two boys looked under the table. The underside was covered in chewed gum that kids and adult alike had placed instead of tossing in a garbage bin.

"You want me to scrape gum?" Dom frowned.

"Well, I'm cleaning toilets, so..."

Dom scraped one piece of gum off as Casey placed his hat and glasses on the table, grabbing the mop and bucket for the bathroom.

Dom watched him leave, then saw Fran behind the counter, folding table cloths and napkins for business that day. He got up and walked over to her.

"So, did you go to Pai Zhuq too?" he asked her. Fran looked up from her laundry and laughed nervously.

"Me... oh... no," she said, looking away to keep herself from blushing. She had to admit, he was pretty cute, and with all the romance going on, she was pretty happy to have someone to hang with, even if it was for a few days. "The only places I've really been to other than here are in books!"

"Books? Seriously?" Dom asked, leaning against the counter, accidentally pushing Casey's hat and glasses in the garbage. Neither he, nor Fran noticed this as they continued to talk.

"Yeah... why is that weird?" she asked, afraid she might have scared him off before she even let him come close.

"I always have a book with me," Dom smiled, pulling a book out of his pocket to show Fran. "When I'm alone, they're kinda like my friends..."

"Umm... books are my friends, so I guess you could say I have a big crew!"

She had uttered those words to RJ only a few months before, and now Dominic was saying the same thing to her. Fran felt her heart warm as she looked up to him with a big smile and he continued his rant about books.

"The pirate's skeleton," he smiled, looking in her eyes. "Arr, why don't ya give it a read, matey, or ye be a scurvey dog!"

"Rosie?" Kaylee asked, walking into the room as Dom spoke pirate. No one understood her, but that didn't stop Kaylee from giggling.

Dom gave the book back to Fran and went back to work on the table. Kaylee saw the look of pure joy on Fran's face and walked over to her, nudging her playfully.

"You're cute when you blush," she commented.

-----Jungle-Fury-----

RJ, Kelly, Theo, Lily and Engel were loading boxed into the JKP jeep as RJ explained to the others Dominic's behaviour and his reason for popping up unannounced. He also explained Dom's history at the Pai Zhuq.

"Dominic was one of the best," the wolf explained. "Master Mao was going to choose him to be a protector... but Kaylee had to take over that job..."

"Why?" Lily asked.

"Well, Dom had a curious streak, he wanted to see everything, do everything. So Master Mao called the Wind Ninja Academy to see if they had someone qualified to replace him. When Sensei Watanabe said yes, Master Mao sent Dom out to find a focus, and now Dom's still looking."

The ground suddenly began to shake, and RJ grabbed Kelly to make sure she didn't fall off the back of the jeep. The three Rangers looked over at each other, knowing such an earthquake could only be caused by one thing.

They turned and saw a Rinshi beast standing before them, smiling wildy.

-----Jungle-Fury-----

Casey looked under the table and saw Dom was nowhere near done with the gum, and yet the man was talking with Fran, doing anything but the job he had been assigned.

"Dom, looks like you missed a few... hundred," Casey called. "Oh, and have you seen my sunglasses, I..."

There was a sudden beep, causing all three workers to look around. Casey finally spotted it in the garbage and growled. He picked it up and turned to Dom.

"How long has this been in here?" he asked.

"Um... I don't know," Dom shrugged. "I could wash them..."

"Casey, c'mon you slow poke!" Kaylee yelled, bursting out of the kitchen when her solar morpher in her hand.

Casey ran out of the parlour, obviously pissed off. Dominic turned to Fran for an answer, but the bookworm shrugged.

"Forget about the gum," Fran told him. "There's trouble in the city. Go!"

-----Jungle-Fury-----

Blue, yellow and violet Rangers stood before the Rinshi before it morphed into a crocodile type monster.

"Weird," Engel frowned, looking over at the battle from the jeep. Kelly smiled, looking up at the master and pulling out a bag of popcorn she had taken for the drive home.

"Popcorn?" she offered. "It's tradition in your family to eat and enjoy the show."

"Popcorn?" Engel asked, looking down at the strange food. "I don't think I'll like popped food..."

"It's good, I promise."

"You said the same thing with the hot-dog," Engel frowned.

"You didn't even try it!" Kelly laughed.

"I'll try this... popped corn... but only one."

"You'll like it," Kelly smirked as Engel reached for one piece.

"Okay..."

The monster jumped onto the hood of the jeep, causing it to shake. RJ growled. He knew Kelly could defend herself if worst came to worst, but with her injuries – caused by him – he wasn't going to put her through that.

Fortunately, Engel wasn't too happy about the jeep shaking and turned to the crocodile.

"You idiot," she frowned, flicking her wrist in his direction, sending him flying over the Rangers and into a building. "You made me miss my mouth."

The crocodile jumped forward, knocking all the Rangers down in one quick swipe.

"Hey!" Kaylee yelled as she and Casey ran onto the battlefield.

Dominic was there as well, but he stayed in the shadows, preferring to watch as Kaylee and Casey assisted the other Rangers. When he saw the Rangers were struggling, he decided to help. He grabbed the monster and tried to hold him steady, but the monster pushed him away. Dom was still playing around as the monster tried to get him.

"Come get me," he teased, running behind a car. The monster slammed his fist into the car, forcing it backwards into a skater boy who was passing through. Dom was too late to react, but Kaylee wasn't.

ZWOP!

She grabbed the boy.

ZWOP!

She put him down gently as the car crashed into the building.

Crocovile laughed, turning away from the fight as Casey looked to Dom and growled.

-----Jungle-Fury-----

"Alright, I sense some... tension," Engel muttered as she walked to the girls' bedroom to rest, pulling Kelly with her. There was a little drama in the Ranger group that they needed to figure out on their own.

"I want to join you," Dom stated, causing the Rangers to turn to him. "I want to help you fight Dai Shi..."

"It's Dustin," Kaylee reminded him.

"It doesn't matter... Master Mao told me I would find my path when I least expected it and... well... I didn't expect any of this. I feel like I've wandered in the dark for six years and today the light finally hit my face..."

"I don't think that's a good idea," Casey spoke up.

"Everything's a big game to you," Theo added. "Someone will get hurt."

Dom looked over to the girls. He already knew RJ would back him up, but if the girls agreed to let him join, he could get a chance to shine.

"Please... give me a chance... I can help you with Dustin, or Dai Shi... or... whatever he is! I'll help you destroy him –"

"NO!" Kaylee yelled, tearing up. She looked over at Dom and glared.

"You don't get it," she breathed. "You just walked in here and plan on killing the man I love... the father of my unborn child..."

"Kaylee, I-I didn't know..."

"Look, I don't care what happens... join, don't join... just don't kill Dustin... please," Kaylee looked up at the blonde jokester, pleading for him to understand. Dom nodded, and Kaylee ran off, followed by Lily. Casey and Theo turned to Dom and shook their heads before walking off as well.

Dom sighed, turning his gaze to RJ. The wolf master looked down at him sympathetically.

"You can't join the team..."

"I know, unless they want me too," Dom finished. "I'll make them want me."

-----Jungle-Fury-----

Half an hour later, Dominic was running the store, almost single-handily. Theo and Casey were at the counter, watching him.

"The guy's all over it, huh," Theo commented. Casey nodded, following Dom into the kitchen, where he avoided a pizza dough baseball. He looked around and saw many more were pasted on the wall. Dom was holding one in his hand, and Fran had a pizza plate.

He didn't comment about it as he set the pepper shakers on the counter.

"Fill these up please," he smiled.

-----Jungle-Fury-----

After doing what he was told, Dominic was back in the dining room. Lily was behind the counter with Fran, finishing up the pizzas that came out of the ovens.

"You know, I don't know why everyone complains about the lunch rush," Dom started, "It's..."

Suddenly, customers started jumping up, waving their hands in front of their mouths. Casey ran out of the kitchen with the jar of hot chilli pepper (which Dom had mistakenly read as pepper), and a slice of half eaten pizza.

"You were supposed to fill it up with pepper, not hot chilli pepper!" Casey barked.

-----Jungle-Fury-----

Upstairs, Kaylee and Theo were training with the sais and tonfas. Dom ran into the loft, grabbed a bowl of chips and watched them.

He saw a few errors in their techniques and decided to prove his worth by helping them improve.

"That was good," he said, breaking up the fight, "but you have to hold your sais more like this, it'll give you a better grip."

Dom showed Kaylee how to hold the sais, then gave it back to her and adjusted her fingers.

"And Theo, when shifting from side to side, loosen your fingers, you're going to see a big difference."

Dom showed Theo what to do, then gave the tonfas back.

"Thanks," Kaylee smiled.

RJ looked down at Kelly, who was falling asleep in his arms, and smiled. His friend was finally getting along with the cubs.

Suddenly, as Kaylee and Theo spared, their weapons slipped out of their hands. The tonfas flew over the handrail, almost hitting Casey in the head.

Kaylee's sais flew over to the green chair, where RJ and Kelly were sitting.

Kelly looked up and saw the one sais hand landed just over her head, right above RJ's shoulder. The other one landed blade down in the arm rest right beside her bad arm.

"UM!" she frowned as RJ pulled her in closer.

Dom looked down at his hands, realising he had put grease on the weapons. He dropped the chips back in the bowl and grabbed his bag, turning away.

"Wait!" RJ called, pulling himself out from under Kelly and chasing after his friend.

"Look, I know what you're going to do, and I appreciate it... but apparently I'm not going to fit in here... so I guess it's back to the path," Dom said, patting RJ on the shoulder. RJ nodded in understanding as his friend walked out the door.

Fran walked into the loft just as Dom walked out and turned. RJ looked over at her and sighed.

"He's leaving," he told her.

"We gave it a try... it didn't work," Casey stated, hoping it would make Fran and the others feel better.

"Did you?" Fran asked, her usual bubbly smirk fading slowly. "Did you really try? So he jokes around... I kinda liked it."

"Me too," Lily nodded, but a sharp, pointed and hurt look from Casey made her turn away.

"Did you ever give him a chance to show you what he was really made of?" Fran asked. "Even once?"

Fran pulled her JKP shirt off, tossing it to the hooks and storming out.

Lily touched Casey's shoulder, drawing his attention.

"Go," she told him. She knew he had given Dom the hardest time.

"But..."

"Casey, go, now," Lily ordered. Casey sighed, dropping his apron and running after Fran.

"Ohh, Lily's barking orders at Casey," Kaylee teased. "Are those ovens set too high, or is it just me?"

-----Jungle-Fury-----

Casey and Fran pulled up to the harbour in the JKP jeep, before Fran found Dom, sitting on a beach looking out at the water. She jumped out of the jeep and ran over to him while Casey watched.

Fran sat behind him and playfully punched him in the shoulder. Dom turned to her and smiled.

"You didn't even say goodbye," Fran laughed, looking over at him.

"I didn't think anyone would notice."

"Of course we would notice... okay... well I noticed," Fran smiled.

She saw the sad look on his face and walked over to the other side of the bench, sitting next to him, "You know, when I first came to the parlour, I was kinda lost... but then they opened their hearts and the parlour became my purpose..."

"I wonder if I can ever find my purpose," Dom sighed.

"Don't quit looking," Fran smiled, shoving his gently before getting up and walking off. She was sad she couldn't get him to stay, but he had his mind set one leaving.

Dom turned to watch her leave, until he noticed the sigh above her was ready to snap away from its chains. Fran stopped in her path when she heard the chains break and looked up.

The sign was falling right on top of her.

Dom jumped up form his seat and ran for her.

"RHINO POWER!" he yelled as his hand turned into a sharp blade. He grabbed Fran in his arms, protecting her as he sliced a hole in the sign.

When Fran looked around, she saw she was safe in Dom's arms, with the sign surrounding her.

Casey saw this and smiled, running over to the two.

"Dom, I made a mistake," Casey started, looking at the rhino. "I'm sorry for thinking you were just a goof-off... I mean, you are a goof-off, but you're also a lot more. You've got the rhino spirit and the Ranger spirit... and I think you should join us."

The solar morpher beeped and Casey answered.

"C'mon, Dom," he said.

-----Jungle-Fury-----

Casey, in jungle master mood with the others, stood before his friends and team, smiling. Dom ran over as well, joining the Rangers.

"Dom, I thought you left?" Kaylee frowned, trying not to sound rude.

"I almost left," Dom smiled, turning to look around the corner, where Fran was hiding.

"Well, right now you better step aside," Theo growled, but Casey pushed his back.

"Hey, give him a chance, Tm you're in for a surprise."

RJ walked up to his friend, presenting him a bracelet.

"This will Ranger up your Rhino spirit," he told the rhino. Dom nodded, putting on the bracelet.

"JUNGLE BEAST, SPIRIT UNLEASHED!"

"With the power of a rhino, Jungle Fury Rhino Ranger!"

Dominic charged forward, taking out the Rinshi as if they were nothing, then ran to the monster.

As Dom attacked he monster, RJ narrated the battle, giving his cubs and Kaylee a history lesson.

"The Rhino Ranger is one of the toughest spirits there is, and Dom knows how to use every bit of it!"

Dom ducked under the crocodile's arm before gabbing its mouth and body, lifting it above his head. He threw the beast in the air and jumped up as well, delivering a powerful kick to the monster's chest.

It rolled on the ground, barely making it to his feet as Dom called the Rhino blade. He powered it up and slashed at the monster, cutting it into multiple pieces.

As the monster blew up, Dominic laughed.

Lily leaned over to Kaylee and whispered, "Should we tell him he's got to do a really cheesy pose until the explosion stops."

-----Jungle-Fury-----

Dom walked up to Casey, smiling as he offered the leader a gift.

"It's something you wanted me to get, but it took a while," he said. Casey took the box and opened it, pulling out a giant gumball.

"Oh, DOM!" Casey laughed.

"Ew, what the hell are you holding?"

Kaylee perked up when she heard that voice, running to the door and swallowing a blonde woman in a hug.

Suddenly, a man in navy carrying a young infant walked in. Kaylee pushed the blonde away, grabbed the infant and ran off.

"MY BABY!" she yelled.

Lily rolled her eyes as she hugged the new blonde.

"You have an official babysitter, Tor," she smiled.

"Apparently," Tori laughed, looking over at Blake, who was a little hurt his son was snatched by the green Ranger.

Tori spotted Dom in the JKP uniform and frowned, "Who's the new kid?"

"Meet Dom... the annoying, guy version of Kaylee," Lily laughed.